A favorite Afro-centric fantasy is that the ancient Egyptians were
black.
In 1990, when news began to seep out that many black "academics" were
making this claim, columnist John Leo of U.S. News & World Report
telephoned seven prominent Egyptologists to get the expert view. To a
man,
they agreed that neither the pharaohs nor the common people of ancient
Egypt were black or negroid, but not one was willing to be quoted. As
one
explained, the question was "politically too hot;" people can get in
trouble for disagreeing with the most preposterous foolishness if it
happens to be asserted by a large number of blacks.
Race in Ancient Egypt & the Old Testament is a scholarly and detailed
account of the racial origins of the dozens of peoples who are
mentioned in
the Old Testament. The original text was written by A.A. Sayce, but R.
Peterson has brought it up to date in light of recent findings. The
book
makes short work of the view that the Egyptians were black.
Mummies and Murals
For anyone who wants to circulate fables about the racial makeup of an
ancient people, the Egyptians are perhaps the worst choice. The most
obvious inconvenience is the existence of mummies; it is

Ramses II
hard to dispute the race of a corpse that is so well preserved its
eyelashes can be counted. As this book shows, visual inspection,
anthropometric measurement, and DNA analysis leave no doubt that the
ancient Egyptians were Mediterranid Caucasoids - as are the majority of
modern Egyptians. Ramses II, the pharaoh who persecuted the children of
Israel, still has the sharp features of his people and the thin,
straight
hair typical of whites. He was probably a red head.
The authors explain that modern Egyptians are, in fact, somewhat darker
than the ancients. Under the more recent universalistic influence of
Islam,
Egyptians intermarried with other populations more readily than when
they
followed the more exclusionist teachings of Egyptian religion. Today,
the
people most representative of the racial type of the pyramid builders
are
Coptic Christians. They have been considerably more traditionalist than
Muslims, retaining aspects of the ancient Egyptian language in their
rituals and refraining from marriage with outsiders.
Well-preserved corpses are not always the best source of information
about
the races of Old Testament peoples. The authors explain that the
artists of
ancient Egypt made thousands of bas relief carvings, wall paintings,
and
decorative objects that leave an accurate visual record of the races
with
which they had contact.
From Greeks to Gerga****es, Egyptian artists drew their subjects from
life
and carefully noted racial differences, in both skin color and facial
features. The only exception is the depiction of the eyes which, for
unknown reasons, Egyptians always drew in the same stylized fashion no
matter what the subject's race. This book contains many illustrations
that
demonstrate clear racial distinctions in art.
As the authors explain, Egyptian artists were so careful about
depicting
race that their work sometimes appears to be as much taxonomy as art:
"The oldest surviving attempt to construct what we may call an
ethnographic chart - that made in the tomb of the Theban prince
Rekhm-Ra
about a century before the birth of Moses - distinguishes the Egyptians
and
their neighbors by portraying the black-skinned Negro, the
olive-colored
Syrians, the red-skinned Egyptian, and the white-skinned Libyan (then
unmixed with the Arab hordes) . . . ."
Early Whites
It may come as a surprise to some readers to learn that many of the
early
inhabitants of the Middle East may have had typically North European
coloration. The authors speculate that before the arrival of the
Egyptians
- probably from the Arabian peninsula - the Nile delta was settled by a
sandy-haired, blue-eyed people very similar to the Kabyles, who still
inhabit the hill country of Morocco and Algeria. The authors suspect
that
they were descended from the Cro-Magnons whose remains have been found
in
southern France. These "Libyans" were driven west of the Nile by the
more
powerful Egyptians, and are depicted as having white skin.
To the East, Egyptians were also in contact with Amorites and Hittites,
who
also are likely to have originated in Europe. They appear in Egyptian
art
with the same light hair and blue eyes as Libyans, Greeks and the
inhabitants of Asia Minor.
Like many peoples throughout history, Egyptians were often ruled by
kings
of lighter-skinned stock than themselves. Nefertiti, whose famous bust
depicts a virtually European face, was probably of Hittite birth.
The Philistines, who so harried the Israelites in the Old Testament,
were
probably related to Spartiate Greeks. They were from Asia Minor and
established a small but vigorous kingdom in Gaza.

Prisoners of war, Negroid and Semitic.
Egyptian artists who recorded battles between Egyptians and Philistines
depict the enemy as lighter-skinned and taller than themselves. The
giant
Goliath, whom David killed with his sling, was following the Greek
tradition in calling for single combat between champions.
As this book makes clear, Egyptian artists depict the Israelites
themselves
as a clearly Semitic people. Like the Egyptians, their origin was
probably
in the Arabian peninsula, though they appear to have emerged from it
much
later. In Abraham's time they were still nomadic tent-dwellers, and the
Egyptians among whom they sought permission to settle were much more
culturally advanced than they.
The Israelites had a strong tribal sense, bolstered by their belief
that
they were God's chosen people. They were fiercely racialist, and were
constantly urged by their prophets to disdain intermarriage.
Nevertheless,
they mixed to some degree with the more European Hittities and Amorites
whom they displaced in their conquest of Canaan. King David is likely
to
have been fair-skinned, and one of his most trusted lieutenants was the
Hittite, Uriah. King Solomon's harem was one of the largest and most
racially varied in all of ancient history.
As the authors explain, black Africans are frequently represented in
ancient Egyptian art, but their role is almost always that of captive
or
slave. Sesostrus I, a XIIth dynasty king of the 20th century B.C.,
conquered parts of Nubia and established a barrier at the border to
ensure
that no black would enter Egypt except as a slave. Egyptians regarded
blacks as indolent and superstitious but nevertheless favored them as
slaves because they were affectionate and faithful. They found blacks
to
have a very good sense of rhythm but wrote derisively of their constant
dancing.
The authors believe that one reason why the creativity of ancient Egypt
continued for 3,000 years while that of Islamicized Egypt lasted only a
few
centuries may be due, in part, to different views on intermarriage;
miscegenation was much more common within the universalist embrace of
Islam. The authors also note that although blacks to the south were in
contact for thousands of years with the technology and learning of
Egypt,
they appear to have absorbed almost nothing into their own societies.
Although this book is primarily concerned with establishing racial
identities of peoples it does not shrink from evaluating group
accomplishments in explicitly racial terms. A willingness to consider
the
cultural implications of race makes this an invaluable and welcome
volume.
On the debit side, the book assumes a more detailed knowledge of
geography
and physical anthropology than some readers may have attained, though
laymen will still find it rewarding. The book's greatest defect is its
almost complete lack of references - a surprising omission for a work
that
defends positions many would find controversial. On balance, though,
Race
in Ancient Egypt & the Old Testament is a thoroughly informative
addition
to the Scott-Townsend catalogue.
This book is available from the publisher for $11.00, including
postage.
The address is Box 34070, Washington, DC 20043.
How did the Egyptians view their Black neighbors?
The White Egyptians left many written references to the Black
population in
Nubia and in their own midst: and at one point, even forbade Blacks
from
entering their country at all.
An overview of these written inscriptions is highly worthwhile and
devastates claims by pro-Black historians that the ancient Egyptian
civilization was Black in racial origin. A full review of these
writings is
made in chapter 8 of March of the Titans.
The most complete record and translation of these scripts was
undertaken by
professor James Henry Breasted, Professor of Egyptology and Oriental
History in the University of Chicago in his work "History of Egypt,
from
the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest", Second Edition, 1909 - for
anyone interested in a detailed overview, based on original Egyptian
sources, this book is well worth reading.
During the Twelfth dynasty, the inscription on the stela of Sihathor,
an
"Assistant Treasurer" is now to be found in the British Museum., reads
as
follows:
"I reached Nubia of the Blacks, ... I forced the Nubian chiefs to wash
gold."
This is a reference to the fact that the White Egyptians exacted a
yearly
tribute from their Black neighbors - and there is an illustration of
this
"washing of gold" at work, dating from this era:

Blacks - depicted in graphic racial detail - presenting gold tributes
to
the Egyptians. This was how the White Egyptians depicted their Black
neighbors.

It seems that the anceint Egyptians were actually the people we totady call the Iberians!

A team of Biologists wanted to research the Genes of the modern people of Iberia (spain ect.) to see if the Arabic invaders of the 7ty century had in fact mixed with the local populations the encountered.

The team of scientists looked into the HAL protiens of the Iberian peoples and found that the people of spain and Iberia HAD NOT mixed with the Arabs....The genes of the Iberians were totally different that those of Arabia!

However, the team was also shocked to find that as they looked at othere populations the Iberians has the exact same HAL genes as the people of Ancient Egypt!!!

It fact the genes seem to have spread out of egypt in the dark past and swept westward....to Moracco (where the remote unmixed mountain Berbers still show clearly the HAL genes)..

The scientists now believe that the anceint egyptians were in fact Iberians who were forced to flee egypt in the deep past due to a lack of WATER....as the weather changed and egypt became a land of sand...more and more of the Iberian were force to move out...most seem to have moved west then..sailed north to present day Iberia!

-Images of the gods Isis and Osiris show that they have distinctly Caucosaid features, on that basis you can safely make the assumption that their followers also was of Caucosaid descent.
-the Egyptian often painted their statues and figures in the colour black, no matter what skin colour the individual had originally, which was considered a sacred colour.

I nearly fell off my chair laughing when I first encountered the idea claiming the ancient Egyptians were black. Good gawd, couldn't they see the murals, sculptures, and the mummies?
Kind of sad, once you understand why they are doing it.

I've pretty much made up my mind from the knowledge I have a acquired that the ancient Egyptians were in no way negroid. My personal believe is that the early inhabitants were Nordic and mediterranean whites, or at least Hamitic people, similar to the Tauregs and Berbers of North Africa.

The last I heard, the ancient Egyptians were racially very similar to what is there today. I don't know if this is for political reasons, or whether there is real truth in the matter. However, there was some fairly extensive testing on the current Egyptian population.
Further, the Hittites were an offshoot of the Aryans, so they were probably mainly caucasian.
Poor blacks, they see other cultures coming from great ancient origins. Whether it be the Egyptians, Chinese, or even the Mayans. So, what they are unable to discover in their own past, they attempt to usurp the past of others. We must be viligant, as this is the sort of thing which can easily creep into the politically correct consciousness of many in our society.

The Genetic studies have show that the People of Ancient Egypt were Iberians!

The Study of the HAL Genes also shows that much Gene Pool of modern Egytp still shows the Genes of those ancient forefathers!

The HAL markers are pure science and cant really be debated in any way........These markers are unique to different tribes of humans....So if science finds the exact DNA in modern Iberians and anceint Egyptians.........Thats pretty solid Scientific Evidence, thats tough to argue with!

......The people of Ancient Egypt had the same Genes as our modern European Iberians!

I too, read and laugh at how ******s now claim that the Egyptians were black. If you read about the battle the Egyptians had with the Hykos, invaders from somewhere unknown, and how Pharaoh extracted revenge against the black Nubians, who were allied with the strange invaders, you will see that Egypt was not black. In hieroglyphics, the story read was that Pharaoh destroyed all the black Nubians and their culture. If the Egyptians were balck, why would they point out the fact the Nubians were black?

If blacks were capable of creating a culture and society as great as that of ancient Egypt -- which Afro-centrists claim they did -- why wasn't sub-Saharan Africa able to accomplish the same? Anthropologists have spent well over a century trying to unearth anything in darkest Africa that would even remotely suggest that a civilized society had once existed in the region; all to no avail. Afro-centrists claim that the mean old White men stole their culture and transplanted it to Europe. If true, why weren't black Africans simply able to pick themselves up by the bootstraps and recreate their magnificent society? What, did we steal their brains and ambition too? The Afro-centrist's main objective is simply an attempt to instill some sense of pride and self-esteem into a "people" who have accomplished absolutely nothing of note whatsoever in their sorrowful history.